482 BUU.KTIN dk i/hekmkr boissikr (2w seh.). 1900 Lophocolea. 



spinulosis hic illic dente majore spinulifero inlerruptis; cuticula ut in 

 foliis versus apicem solum setifera. Andrcecia in ramulo parvo subflorah 

 spicala, bracleis minutis 6 jugis remotiusculis ex inflata basi squarrose 

 recurvis bifidis, lobulo anlico magno unidentato. 



ira (Engler). 



252. Lophocolea inflata St. Bol. Gazette 1890, p. 287. 



Dioica major, llaccida rufescens, in corlice dense depresso-csespitosa. 

 Caulis ad 4 cm. longus validus fuscus et tenax, pauciramosus. Folia 

 caulina 1,5 mm. longa conferta, subopposita, subrecle palula, plano- 

 dislicha vel leniler concava, in raniis ereclo-homomalla, amhitii subqua- 

 drata marginibus slrictis parallelis nudis, apice truncato Irispinoso, spinis 

 longe setaceis slrictis divergenlibus, basi ssepe ampliatis ideoque lobuli- 

 formibus; adsunt folia saepe minus symmelrica, margine postico valde 

 arcuato spinam quarlam gerente, alia folia apice emarginato-bifida inter- 

 dum quadrifida sunt. Cellulae apicales 27 ,u., basales 36 X 54 jt, trigonis 

 magnis aculis basi minoribus. Amphigastria remota, cauli appressa foliis 

 anguste coalila, basi utrinque spinam patulam gerenlia, apice profunde 

 lunalim exciso-bifida, laciniis e lata basi longe altenuatis divergentibus. 

 Folia floralia magna, perianthio vaginatim apppressa, quadrato-rolundata, 

 apice patula grosse tridenlala vel irilobulata, sinubus recurvis crispata, 

 margine postico paucidentato. Amphig. flor. inlimum magnum liberum, 

 late ovalo-ligulalum, basi paucispinosum apice ad '/« bifidum, laciniis 

 lanceolatis porrectis. Periunthia in caule terminalia magna, optime ovata, 

 valde inflata, ore tantum breviter triquetro, breviter trilobalo, lobis trun- 

 calis breviter denlalo-spinosis vel fimbriatis. Androecia ignota. 



Hab. Insula Bourbon (Rodriguez). 



253. Lophocolea diversifolia G. Syn. Hep., p. 166. 



Monoica major rigidula brunneola vel olivacea, Iaxe ctepitosa, corticola. 

 Caulis ad 4 cm. longus fuscus tenuis rigidus parum ramosus. Folia 

 cauiina 2 mm. longa, parum imbricata, recle patula, plano-disliclia, sub- 

 opposita vel per paria approximata, ovato-rectangulata, marginibus 

 subparallelis vel leniler curvalis, apice parum angustala irregulariler 

 2-3-4 dentata, dentibus validis brevibus aculis, sinubus plus minus pro- 

 fundis. Celiulse apicales 36 {l trigonis majusculis, basales 45 X 63 u. 

 trigonis parvis. Amphigastria caulina parva ulrinque coalita vel libera 

 basi utrinque dentifera apice ad V* emarginala, lobis divergenlibus lan- 

 ceolalis. Folia floralia caulinis parum majora iutima oblongo-reclangulala 

 plus minus profunde emarginato-biloba, lobis inaaqualibus triangulalis 

 aculis, margine anlico et poslico irregulariter paucidenticulatis. Amphi- 

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